Bodhisattva Archetypes: Classic Buddhist Guides to Awakening and Their Modern Expression
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0140195564
ISBN 13
9780140195569
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Publication Year
1998
Publisher
Pages
364 pages
Subject
Bodhisattvas. Bodhisattva (The concept)
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Abstract
1. The Bodhisattva Ideal: Benefiting Beings -- 2. Mahayana History: Major Sutras and Schools -- 3. The Ten Transcendent Practices -- 4. Shakyamuni as Bodhisattva: The Long Path to the Bodhi Tree -- 5. Manjushri: Prince of Wisdom -- 6. Samantabhadra: Functioning in the World -- 7. Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin, Kannon): Heart of Compassion -- 8. Kshitigarbha (Jizo): Monk as Earth Mother -- 9. Maitreya: Bodhisattva as Future Buddha -- 10. Vimalakirti: The Thunderous Silence of the Unsurpassed Layman -- 11. Beyond the Archetypal: Sustained Awakening -- Bodhisattva Archetypes Chart.
Description
xviii, 364 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-352) and index.
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Number of Copies
1
